WARNING: THE FOLLOWING BUILD WILL MAKE YOU A ABSOLUTE TANKY CARRY THAT WILL OWN EVERYONE AND EVERYONE WILL SHIVER IN FEAR AS YOU EAT THEIR FACES.

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Hello, and welcome to my Volibear build. As the warning says above, this build will make Volibear a monster. This is my first guide on Mobafire, so forgive me if it is rough compared to other guides, I will update often IF there is any changes to Volibear or if something or someone gets a change that would effect Volibear, so, please continue to read my build and learn why this bear will terrorize the battlefield.

Thank you to jhoijhoi for her guide one coding a guide :)

Well, one of the things that I understand now about this guide making is that there are trolls that want to bring your guide down below others..... yesterday my guide dropped 5% due to people just down voting but NOT commenting

Please people, if you dont like my guide, i understand if you down vote it, but take the time to fill out in the comments why you dont like the guide and I will try my best to improve it. I am still pink and new at this, hence this being my first guide. And if your trolling please stop :( It does not make me mad it just upsets me that something i worked hard on is not getting the right treatment.

I also see there is alot of competition for being the top guide..... But I did not make this guide in hopes of it reaching the top, i made it to help people, if it reaches the top, fine, if not, fine, but leave the guide alone if you made a Volibear guide and you want to be higher then me..... please dont down vote it.... :(

Explaination of Runes:

Marks: Are used to have a nice amount of attack speed, since Volibear does not get any attack speed items till later in the game (except Frenzy 's passive)

Seals: Are used for extra Tankiness, since Volibear is a tank, this is a no brainer.

Glyphs: These are used to counter early AP casters against Volibear, Since he is very squishy at the beginning of the game, these glyphs help.

Quins: Are used to gain lots of health, with Atma's Impaler, The Relentless Storm, and Frenzy , these are essential.

The Relentless Storm Passive: When Volibear's health drops below 30% of his maximum health, he will heal for 30% of his maximum health over the next 6 seconds. This passive effect has a 120 second cooldown.



The Relentless Storm Would make anyone cry when it comes to a Team fight, when it gets very close in a fight, this passive will determine life or death and more! This is my favorite passive of all.



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Thundering Smash Active: For the next 4 seconds, Volibear will gain 15% movement speed. This bonus increases to 45% movement speed when headed toward a nearby visible enemy champion. Additionally, Volibear's next autoattack during this time will deal bonus physical damage and will fling the target behind him.

Thundering Smash Is the perfect initiator, it is awesome to fling the support or the main carry into your hungry and blood thirsty team mates, this is a great way to remove that nasty Teemo or that pesky Master Yi. This also is great for chasing down characters who flashed or are just running away, after this pop Sky Splitter to slow them down.


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Frenzy Passive: Volibear temporarily gains bonus attack speed after an autoattack. This bonus stacks up to 3 times and lasts for 4 seconds.

Active: While Volibear has 3 stacks of Frenzy, he can activate this ability to bite a target enemy. The stacks won't be consumed. The bite will deal physical damage that scales with his own bonus health. This damage will in turn be increased by 1% for every 1% of the target's missing health.



Frenzy is what makes Volibear the most epic champion, that it requires its OWN chapter, so look below to find "Polar bear frenzy" chapter.



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Sky Splitter Active: Volibear lets out a powerful roar that deals magic damage and slows nearby enemies for 3 seconds. Minions, monsters and pets are feared for the duration as well.

This is a great ability with Thundering Smash, you toss em back and you slow em down, that does a number on enemy champions.


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Stormbringer Active: For the next 12 seconds, Volibear's autoattacks will blast his target with lightning that will also bounce to up to 3 nearby enemies. Each bolt of lightning will deal magic damage and will only hit each target once.

Stormbringer is great for dealing with two or more champions, it gives you great farm and it can kill multiple champions even though you are only hitting one, this ultimate is great.

Ok, so this maybe a big reading but it is worth it, the reason why Volibear is my favorite champion is because of this ability. Why? let me break it down....

Volibear's Base health is 1988, at the end of the build (with runes) is 5333. (though mobafire says its 15% on bonus health its actually 10%) so, 10% of 5333 is 533. Then the base damage of frenzy is 260, so by the end of the build you are dealing about 793 damage.

So, Volibear is a tank that deals more damage the more health he has, that's the basic jist of this build, you have a **** load of health, therefore making you a tough tank, AND you are dealing out serious damage, BUT there is more!

Frenzy also bases off of the health of the champion you are about to murder, the less health they have, the MORE damage Frenzy does! lets make an example:

the following combos are to me work best in volibear's skill sequences.

Volibear is a simple to use Champion, these are really the only combo's that are really needed. Charge in, toss, slow, smash, smash, frenzy, dead.

So, as Volibear, certain characters are PERFECT for Volibear to eat, but what types of characters?

Well, he can shut down just about every champion, but your job is to toss out the carry or support that is in the back lines or is running away, and kill them quick. These champions like Ashe, Miss Fortune, Graves, perhaps other characters like Nocturne, Darius, Jayce. also Zilean, Soraka, Sona are good to go after because frenzy kills them so quickly that they have no time to run away.

but there are a few champions that Volibear can have his hands full, I will tell you these champions and how to counter them.




This little piece of ***** could be the entire reason that you lose as Volibear, if you die too many times in the beginning because of him, he will trounce you for the rest of the game. His mushrooms screws up Volibear's Thundering Smash as well, his Move Quick can also negate your Sky Splitter. Teemo is a high priority and can is one of a few that can shut down Volibear.


However, there are ways to make sure that this little rabid animal does not cause you problems. Teemo IS very squishy, so, when you get the chance, try to toss him into a uncomfortable spot and then frenzy him to try to insta-kill him. also, whatever you do, dont die to Teemo if you can, you can deal with a fed Darius, a fed Ashe heck, even a fed Master Yi, but you CANT handle a fed Teemo. Try to surprise him from the jungle with Thundering Smash early game, if you have troubles with mushrooms then grab a Vision Ward, this should stomp Teemo.



This mad man can really make things difficult for Volibear, Dr. Mundo can counter Volibear's Thundering Smash with Infected Bonesaw's. He can move faster then Volibear as well, not that he will kill you, but it is hard to kill him. His ultimate can screw you up and make you pissed right off that you may make the mistake to Thundering Smash him, DO NOT DO IT!!! just except that you are gonna need your team to KILL him, Volibear can hold him off, but he cant KILL Dr. Mundo.





BUT, there are a few counters to Dr. Mundo one of them being that he can live through Volibear's storm, but he cant live through the entire team. If he is causing problems, focus him and Thundering Smash him into your team mates. followed by the teams crowd control and perhaps even a turret, you can kill him. His cleavers are annoying yes, but they are SKILL shots, wait until he throws his cleaver and be constantly moving left to right, as SOON as he throws his cleaver, make sure you are out of the way and then Thundering Smash him. When you see that he is about to run, and his health is lower, slam an Ignite and his @$$ to let him know he does NOT go where he pleases.



The sly fox her self, Ahri, I love facing her because I still have not come up with a good counter for her yet as Volibear, she is quick, fast and of course has that damn true damage. She has quite far range with her spells, IF you encounter a Ahri that knows what they are doing, tred lightly. if you rolling thunder at her she could do her true damage against you or even Charm, which will literally turn you into a teddy bear. The problem with Ahri is that she is slippery, you can't catch her. Her ultimate lets her escape easily if she gets into any sort of trouble, Volibear is useless if you can't keep her in close range.




Though, Ahri has few counters, there are some. If you know you are about to face her, then take Exhaust as a summoner spell. Also, try to pick her out of a team fight as quick as possible. Also, more then likely she is gonna go middle lane, so gank middle early and quite often to shut her down quickly! If you 1 v 1 her , Thundering Smash her but jump to the left or right to avoid her charm or Q, once she misses, go for the kill.

These items are what are NEEDED in this build, you can change and alter other items if you like, but you NEED these items for sure.

So, you have ran right into an issue hmm? Their magic giving you a head ache? Is their Master Yi fed and it seems hopeless??? Well, this is where you alter the build a touch, I will tell you WHAT to replace OR if you should buy a certain item before something else! Now, you dont NEED to make ALL the changes i have listed below, you just need to do it depending on how well you doing ( if you are getting owned, use all items suggested below, if your just having trouble, replace what you want when you want, but these are just my suggestions on WHAT to replace them WITH)

Early game

As the game starts, grab your Regrowth Pendant and go top lane or bottom lane. dive bomb into a bush and wait..... make sure you grab an early point into Thundering Smash. once your first victim appears, wait until he is close enough to pluck him into the bush with your partner. if the minoins have spawned, and the minon clash has started, and they havent gotten close enough to toss em, then just come out of the bush. No sense on waiting while the enemy champion farms.

Play passively and not too agressivly and try to farm, when you hit level 3 you can become agrressive. Do the standard combo that was mentioned above and with the help of your partner you should pick up one of the first kills of the game. Keep this up but keep in mind you are squishy until your first Warmog's Armor

Mid game

and end game

By this point you should have your first Warmog's Armor, Atma's Impaler and a Mercury's Treads. This is when you start dominating the game, gank other lanes by surprising them with Thundering Smash. You are a heavy part of the team so when the enemy team starts ganking mid, stick with your team. Help them out, if your team mates are being chased, use rolling thunder to get them off.

well this is the conclusion to my guide! i hope you enjoyed it and i cant wait to see other Volibear's on the battle field! have a good day guys :)

BTW Im heading up north soon so this guide may become stale :P